Thursday, July 21, 2016

Without the official notification, the salaries
received by central government employees on August 1 would not be hiked as per
the CPC recommendations.

New Delhi, July 20: Although the revised
recommendations of 7th Pay Commission has received a formal nod of approval
from the Union Cabinet, the gazette notification for finalizing the salary hike
is awaited. Without the official notification, the salaries received by central
government employees on August 1 would not be hiked as per the CPC recommendations.
Government has to notify the new pay scale within 7 days in order to implement
the 14.29 percent hike in basic pay.

Although the CPC recommendations were cleared on
June 29, the issuance of official notification was delayed since the government
was facing protest from several employee unions over a range of anomalies
related to allowances. Apart from the pay parity issues, a larger section of
the employee union led by National National Joint Action Committee (NJAC)
had demanded the increase in entry-level salary from Rs 18,000 (as per new
recommendations) to Rs 26,000.

The unions had earlier threatened to launch a
nationwide strike from July 11. Nearly 33 lakh central government employees
belonging to Post, Railways and Defence were expected to participate in the
protest. However, following the setup of a High Level Committee by the
government to look into their demands, they deferred their strike by at least
four months.

7th Pay Commission is considered to be, by far, the
lowest ever salary hike implemented in the past 70 years. Including allowances,
the hike is only 23.5 percent.

The implementation of CPC recommendations would
positively impact a total of 47 lakh government employees, along with 53 lakh
pensioners. It would also add an excessive burden on the Centre. However,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley claims that the hike in salaries would instead
rejuvenate the economy by giving a inserting a demand-driven bang in the
domestic market. Source :
http://www.india.com/